Summary Waqar Younis said the bilateral series between Pakistan and India is inevitable.
LAHORE (Dunya News/ AFP) – Former captain and great fast bowler Waqar Younis has declared International Cricket Council Test championship worthless without Pakistan-India clash.
He remarked that it is a good idea by ICC to hold Test championship in a bid to preserve the longer format of the game following the rapid growth of Twenty20, but the efforts will go in vain if Pakistan and India do not play against each other in the championship.
The right-arm fast bowler is seemed hopeful that cricket between both countries will improve the relations of both neighbors as well.
Answering a question, Waqar Younis said the bilateral series between Pakistan and India is inevitable, and if India does not want to play with Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates, then it should play in England or Australia.
Earlier on Friday, the International Cricket Council unveiled a long-awaited, nine-nation Test championship.
The Test league was among a raft of reforms agreed at an ICC board meeting in Auckland, including revamping the one-day international schedule and trialling four-day Tests.
"Our priority was to develop (a) structure that gave context and meaning across international cricket and particularly in the Test arena," ICC chief David Richardson said in a statement.
The Test league will start in 2019 and see nine teams play six series over two years -- three home and three away. It will culminate in a final between the two top teams at Lord’s.
